Willy Gaebel was born on February 8, 1879 in Graudenz, West Prussia, Germany [now Grudziadz, Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland]. Willy was a cinematographer, known for Die Dame in Schwarz (1920), Ein Erpressertrick (1921) and Rose Bernd (1919). Willy died on December 12, 1945 in Berlin, Germany.